UK Crowdfunding – a brief look

It’s a new buzzword in the field of filmmaking, but in truth, crowdfunding has been around for a while. Marillion used fan funding for several oftheir albums since 1997, and movies have been doing it since 2004 (Demain la Veille). I’ve never tried it myself, so I thought I’d take a look at the different [...]

Making Short Films on £1 a day

While some people have the luxury of a tremendous budget in order to make a short film, others find it more difficult to scrape together ten grand or so. There’s a fine line between creativity and business in “Show Business” (it’s a single space, usually) and it certainly seems a reasonable generalisation to say that [...]

Almost There Wraps

The latest short from Curtin Parloe Films, Almost There, wrapped shooting yesterday.  Director Paul Anderton said, “I’m very happy with the way the shoot went. Everyone was professional , and we have some great rushes.” Almost There concerns a man trapped within an escape pod when his ship is hit by an asteroid. “There will [...]